Cooling-board.



N0 MODEL.

PATENTED 1330.18, 1903,

A. H.A EMIGH. COOLING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED DEO. 15| 1902.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No'. 746,311. v PATENTBD DEG. a, 190s.

' A. H. BMIGH.

cooLING BOARD.

. APPLIoATloN FILED Dnc. 1s, 1902.

No MODEL. 2 SHEETS-SHEET rHE NnNms PrrEns CO.. PHom-LITMD.. w/smucon u cun A Patented December 8, 1903.

YPATENT OFFICE.

AARON H.. EMIGH, ion. SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

`COOLING-BOARD.

SPEGIFICA-llON forming part of Letters Patent N o. '746,31 1,- datedDecember 8, 1903.

Application tiled December 15, 1902. Serial Nc. 185,277. (No model.)

Barbara, in the county of Santa Barbara and- State of California, haveinvented a new and useful Cooling-Board, of which the following -is aspecification.

Theinvention relates to certain improvements in apparatus of thatclassused in a treatment of dead bodies, and has for its vprincipalobject to provide a folding table especially adapted .for undertakersuse andv which may be folded in small compass for convenience intransportation.

-With this and other objects in view the invention consists inthe novelconstructionan'd arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustratedin the accompanying drawings, and` particularly pointed out in theappended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportions, size, and minor details of the structure may be madewithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of acooling-board constructed in accordance with v4the invention. Fig. 2 isa similar view showing the table partially tilted. Fig. 3 is aperspective viewon a somewhat larger scale, showing the table in foldedposition ready for transportationV or storage. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalvsectional elevation of the device. Fig. 5 is a trans-v verse sectionalelevation of the same on the` line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts throughout the several Iigures of the drawings. Y

The table is provided ateach end with legs or supporting-standards, eachcomprising a pair of pivotally-connected members l0 and 11, which may bemoved into alinement with eachl other or to positions at a right angle,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The main standard 10 comprises a pair of legAmembers 12, connected by an upper cross-bar 13 anda lower cross-bar 14,and these two bars are in turn connected together by acentrally-disposed vertical bar 15. The second member 11 of each of thestandards comprises a pair of vertical legs 16, having a top cross-bar17 and one or more angularly-disposed bracing-bars 18. The two membersare pivotally connected by a bolt 19, which permits the folding of themember 11 between the legs 12 of the main standard.

The top of the table is composed of two rectangular frames 20 and 21,said frames being pivotally connected or hinged together at 22, so as topermit their folding in parallel relation, as shown in Fig. 3, and atthe outer end of each section is secured a transversely-disposedcross-bar 23, which may form a part of the frame to which it isattached. To each bar 23 is hinged a transverse bar 24, which may bemoved until its upper face is in alinement with the upper. face ofthebar 23, as shown -in Figs-1 and 2, or it may be bent to a position atright anglesthereto, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Each bar 24 is vconnectedby a centrally-disposed pivot-pin 25 tothe upper cross-bar 13 of one ofthe supporting-standards, and 'said bar 24 further carries asemicircular locking-bar 27, arranged on a curved line concentric withthe center of the pivotpin '25 and passing through a clipl 28 von thevertical'bar 15 of the standard. The clip 28 is provided with a threadedopening for the cross-bars 30 and provided with depending rack-bars 34,which may be engaged with locking-pins 35 to hold the rest at anydesired angle. The back-rest is further provided with a removablehead-rest 36 in the form of a curved striphaving a center standard 37,which lmay be screwed or tted in a suitable opening at the end of theback-rest, these devices permitting the adjustment of the body to aposition most convenient for the work to he performed. l

At intervals along the sides of the table-` are arranged small loops oreyes 40 for the reception of hooks 4:1, carried by straps 42, which maybe used to secure the body in position on the table, the straps beingemployed to hold the body and allowing the table to be tilted for theconvenient removal of the intestines.

To provide a canopy-support, I preferably employ a pair of U-shapedbraces 44, which may be clamped in position between the standards andthe end of the table proper and form a support for a curtain or canopy,as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. l.

The apparatus may be folded in small compass by lowering the back-restto the level of the table and removing` the head-rest, after which themembers 17 of the standard are turned into alinement with the mainstandards l0. The standards are then turned, together with the strips24, until the standards lie Wholly within the rectangular frame of thetabletop. The rectangular frames are then fold ed together to theposition illustrated in Fig. 3.

When folded together, the table occupies otal connection between thecross-bars andk the end strips to thereby permit free swinging movementof the cooling-board between the two standards.

In testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

AARON I-I. EMIGl-I.

Witnesses:

F. F. PIERCE, CLARENCE E. PIERCE.

